1977–78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketlag

1977–78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basket
1977–78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basket
OVC Tournament Champion
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Konferens	Ohio Valley konferens
Spela in	16–14 (9–5 OVC)
Huvudtränare	Jim Richards;
Hemma arena	EA Diddle Arena
	Årstider ← 1976–77 1978–79 →

1977–78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers mans basketlag representerade Western Kentucky University under NCAA Division I mans basketsäsong 1977–78 . Hilltoppers var medlemmar av Ohio Valley Conference och leddes av tränaren Jim Richards , under hans sista år vid rodret. WKU slutade trea i OVC ordinarie säsong, men vann turneringsmästerskapet och konferensens automatiska bud till NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament 1978, där de avancerade till sweet sixteen. James Johnson och Darryl Turner kom till All-OVC Team och Aaron Bryant valdes till OVC Tournament Team.

Schema

Datum tid, TV	Rank ^#	Motståndare ^#	Resultat	Spela in	Plats stad, stat
Vanlig säsong
1977-11-26 *		Nr 13 Michigan	L 81–87	0–1	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1977-11-30 *		i Evansville	W 82–72	1–1	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN
1977-03-12 *		på Bowling Green	W 78–65	2–1	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
1977-05-12 *		Memphis delstat	L 80–86	2–2	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1977-12-7 *		Butler	L 86–90	2–3	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1977-10-12 *		Wisconsin-Milwaukee	L 70–73	2–4	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1977-12-17 *		Cal Poly-San Lius Obispo	W 72–50	3–4	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1977-12-28 *		på nr 14 Maryland Maryland Invitational	L 78–91	3–5	Cole Field House College Park, MD
1977-12-29 *		vs St. John's (NY) Maryland Invitational	L 63–80	3–6	Cole Field House College Park, MD
1/4/1978 *		La Salle	L 64–78	3–7	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/7/1978		i östra Kentucky	L 79–85 ^OT	3–8 (0–1)	Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY
1/9/1978		i Morehead State	W 97–82	4–8 (1–1)	Wetherby Gymnasium Morehead, KY
1978-11-11 *		Jacksonville	W 96–94 ^OT	5–8	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
14/1/1978		Östra Tennessee	W 98–94 ^OT	6–8 (2-1)	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1978-01-16		Tennessee Tech	W 86–75	7–8 (3-1)	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1978-01-21		Murray State	W 91–75	8–8 (4–1)	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1978-01-23		på Austin Peay	W 91–83	9–8 (5–1)	Dunn Center Clarksville, TN
1978-01-25 *		Dayton	L 72–80	9–9	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1978-01-28		i Middle Tennessee	L 69–98	9–10 (5–2)	Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN
1978-02-04		Morehead State	W 106–69	10–10 (6–2)	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
2/6/1978		Östra Kentucky	L 74–78 ^OT	10–11 (6–3)	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
2/11/1978		i östra Tennessee	L 77–80 ^3OT	10–12 (6–4)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
1978-02-13		på Tennessee Tech	W 81–69	11–12 (7–4)	Eblen Center Cookeville, TN
1978-02-18		Austin Peay	L 64–66	11–13 (7–5)	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1978-02-20		i Murray State	W 100–98 ^OT	12–13 (8–5)	Racer Arena Murray, KY
1978-02-25		Mellersta Tennessee	W 87–78	13–13 (9–5)	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1978 Ohio Valley Conference herrbasketturnering
3/3/1978	(3)	(2) East Tennessee semifinal	W 79–75	14–13	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
3/4/1978	(3)	(4) Austin Peay Championship	W 77–69 ^OT	15–13	EA Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
3/11/1978 *	(4Q ME)	vs (2L ME) nr 18 Syracuse första omgången	W 87–86 ^OT	16–13	Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, TN
3/7/1980 *	(4Q ME)	vs. (1Q ME) nr 4 Michigan State Sweet Sixteen	L 69–90	16–14	UD Arena Dayton, OH
*Icke-konferensspel. ^# Ranking från AP Poll . (#) Turneringsseedningar inom parentes.

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basket
Spelplatser	Red Barn (1920–1931) Hälsa och idrottsbyggnad (1931–1963) EA Diddle Arena (1963–nutid)
Kultur & lore	Stor röd
människor	Huvudtränare Statistiska ledare
Årstider	1914–15 1915–16 1916–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
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